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Have you filled up your tank lately? Were you surprised by how much you paid?
If you're worried about a return of $4-a-gallon gas, you might want to listen to what Chief Correspondent Jay Levine has to say.
It may not be a rerun of last year but it's sure starting…

Mass transit advocates say Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed capital program needs an overhaul and relies on “fuzzy math,” and they look to an increase in the state’s motor fuel tax to help pump more money into transportation projects.
Quinn said this week that he wants to see…

Last year, Chicago was in the running to receive a grant of more than $150 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation that would have gone towards addressing the road congestion that has plagued the region.
Today, after a missed deadline, the funding is gone. But the traffic is still…

Congestion on area roadways costs Chicagoans $7.3 billion annually, according to an August report by the Chicago-based Metropolitan Planning Council. That's about $1,600 per person in lost time, productivity, fuel and pollution.
"The city's expressway situation has gone from bad to worse,"…

Bus rapid
transit is a cost-effective service that would better connect existing rail
stations (and isolated communities), expand convenient transportation options
for residents and visitors, and create new development opportunities for
neighborhoods when the economy is once again on the…

It's almost game
time for President-elect Barack Obama, and wisely, economic recovery is the
first item in his playbook.
The
administration-in-waiting understands that any economic recovery package must
not only be a fiscal defibrillator but also signal seismic change from a system…

For communities that want to improve transportation options, the Regional
Transportation Authority funds a program that facilitates public input into the
transit funding process.
Reconnecting Neighborhoods is part of the city of Chicago’s efforts to change
how public and affordable…

The city’s parking meter rate
increases may seem steep, but what if those revenue increases led to more and
better transit options and community improvements?
Increasing parking meter rates
can help manage demand for
Chicago
’s limited parking spaces and curb excess traffic…

While America
deals with a faltering economy, regional public and private officials already
are planning a Phoenix-like rise from the ashes.
Many of them gathered this week at a
conference in Chicago developed by the Metropolitan Planning
Council and the Regional Plan Association, and…

Anyone who has wasted hours each day
commuting to work, sat in traffic for an hour as a freight train inched by,
waited endlessly for a bus only to have four arrive at once, or paid a week’s
wages for a short plane flight can vouch for the inconveniences, inefficiencies,
and travesties of…

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